摘要:
A sound attenuator has at least one sound absorber composed of a hollow body of a hard porous material and an outer or inner layer of air, and exhibits good sound-absorbing property even in a low frequency range, even if the hollow body has a small wall thickness. The hollow body may be provided with projections or a semicircular or otherwise shaped part or parts, or both, serving to maintain the outer or inner layer of air in proper shape. The device is inexpensive and yet is very reliable in quality. When the device is long, the projections in linear form are particularly useful for restraining any flanking transmission of noise and thereby enabling the device to achieve a higher rate of attenuation per unit length. The sound-absorbing property of the device can be controlled over a wide range of frequencies if the hollow body has a porosity varying continuously in a specific direction. The device exhibits an improved sound-absorbing property particularly in a low frequency range if the hollow body is provided with a skin layer on its wall surface facing an air passage.
摘要:
A blower comprises an impeller which can function to raise the pressure of a fluid and delivers it; a driving device for driving the impeller; and a fan casing which includes a fluid path to inspire the fluid from the outside and deliver it to the outside through the impeller; wherein the fan casing is at least partly formed by a hard porous structural unit whose specific gravity is continuously changed in at least one of the direction of thickness and a direction of surface.
摘要:
The present invention concerns a method of preparing a porous structural unit comprising a plurality of layers having different specific gravities by pressing and heating a material including resin particles between opposing molds having a temperature difference to thereby cause the fusion or bonding of the resin particles, and a porous structural unit which improves acoustic absorption properties and heat insulation properties and in which the specific gravity is continuously changed.
摘要:
The present invention concerns a method of preparing a porous structural unit comprising a plurality of layers having different specific gravities by pressing and heating a material including resin particles between opposing molds having a temperature difference to thereby cause the fusion or bonding of the resin particles, and a porous structural unit which improves acoustic absorption properties and heat insulation properties and in which the specific gravity is continuously changed.
摘要:
A floor detector for a power brush of a vacuum cleaner comprises a lift sensor S1 and a floor sensor S2. The lift sensor S1 has a movable member which yieldably displaces when the power brush is placed on a relatively soft floor while the floor sensor S2 has a movable member which yieldably displaces when the power brush is placed on a relatively hard floor. Each of movable members is detected its movement by a corresponding light sensor which provides a signal representative of the movements. The signals from the light sensors are sent to a control circuit which controls a drive source for driving the brush member of the power brush. In this manner, the brush member is rotated when the power brush is placed on a relatively soft floor such as a carpeted floor and is not rotated when the power brush is placed on a relatively hard, flat, smooth floor.
摘要:
A cleaning device cleans a discharge wire that discharges electric charge onto a discharge target. The cleaning device moves in a longitudinal direction oldie discharge wire. The cleaning device includes a first contact portion that contacts and cleans the discharge wire and a second contact portion that contacts and cleans the discharge wire. When the first contact portion and the second contact portion clean the discharge wire, the first contact portion and the second contact portion sandwich the discharge wire in a discharge direction in which the discharge wire discharges the electric charge onto the discharge target. The discharge direction is parallel to a radial direction of the discharge wire.
摘要:
An image forming apparatus includes a developer conveyance device to transport developer, using a positive-displacement pump to alternately generate positive pressure and negative pressure by changing a volume of an internal space thereof, a destination developer container to which the developer conveyance device transports developer, a sensor provided to the destination developer container, to detect developer in the destination developer container, and a controller to control the positive-displacement pump according to a detection result generated by the sensor. The controller disabled detection of developer by the sensor in a non-detection period that starts from a stop of the positive-displacement pump.
摘要:
Provided is a catalyst for production of unsaturated aldehyde and/or unsaturated carboxylic acid, which shows excellent mechanical strength and low attrition loss and is capable of producing the object product(s) at a high yield. The catalyst comprises a catalytically active component containing molybdenum, bismuth and iron as the essential ingredients, and inorganic fibers, and is characterized in that the inorganic fibers contain at least an inorganic fiber having an average diameter of at least 8 μm and another inorganic fiber having an average diameter not more than 6 μm.
摘要:
A developing device includes a developer bearer to carry, by rotation, developer including toner and magnetic carrier to a developing range facing a latent image bearer; a casing including a developer container and an opening to expose a part of the developer bearer disposed in the casing; an opposing face of the casing including a conductive material and opposing to a surface of the developer bearer downstream from the developing range in a direction of rotation of the developer bearer; a developing bias source to apply a developing bias to the developer bearer; and an insulation layer disposed on the opposing face of the casing. The opposing face is disposed across, from the developer bearer, a casing gap sized to allow the developer borne on the developer bearer to contact the opposing face.
摘要:
A driving force transmission mechanism includes a connection for integrally rotating a driving shaft on the driving source side and a driven shaft of a rotary member. The connection includes a tubular boss portion; and a fitting shaft portion fitted into the tubular boss portion. An inner shaft portion is provided in a projecting manner from bottom center of the tubular boss portion toward inside the tubular boss portion. An inner recessed portion into which the inner shaft portion fits is provided in center of a leading edge plane for fitting of the fitting shaft portion. Micro gaps are provided between an inner surface of the tubular boss portion and an outer surface of the fitting shaft portion and between an inner surface of the inner recessed portion and an outer surface of the inner shaft portion.